Chip competition is pinched by the neck, this is a very normal phenomenon, the latter development of technology does lead to market competition in the environment, mainland enterprises do not have too many advantages, and the lack of lithography machine also leads to insufficient power of chip companies.
But what people may not expect is that the neck pinching that is more serious than the chip is actually a breeding pig.
Breeding pigs are pinched by the neck
According to the 2022 breeding pig import data, the total number of breeding pigs imported throughout the year is 3,522, and it was introduced from abroad in 5 batches, of which a total of 1,522 were introduced from the United States and the remaining 2,000 were imported from France. The data also formed the lowest value in recent years.
And when comparing with the data in 2021, it is not difficult to find that the number of imports in 2022 is only about one-tenth of that of 2021.
Although the total number has declined, but according to the actual situation of industrial development, in fact, the proportion of foreign introduction in pigs is still large, although compared with the earlier 80% has declined, but the decline range, there is not too much obvious performance, the phenomenon of pigs being pinched by the neck still exists.
From the perspective of profit, in all links of breeding pigs, breeding profits are the highest, 55% of profits come from breeding, if the proportion of imported breeding pigs does not continue to decline, then this is undoubtedly the cake to be cut.
So what is the cause of the neck of breeding pigs? Is it the cultivation of technology, or is it an inevitable consequence of overpopulation?
Technology as well as markets
From a technical point of view alone, strictly speaking, the pigs in the mainland market are actually a kind of hybrid pigs, according to the expansion coefficient table, in fact, in the current market, we can directly buy pigs or other pork products, more are bred 16 generations of commercial pigs.
The obvious genetic and immune system advantages of these pigs also make the market more willing to accept them. However, in order to prevent gene deletion caused by too many algebras, it is necessary to continuously introduce original breeding pigs abroad.
According to the data of the average price of imported original breeding pigs of 40,000 yuan, although the import volume in 2022 is only 3,522, the total capital cost has not been reduced too much.
From the current common binary breeding, as well as the situation of ternary breeding technology, if the technology does not have a way to continue to develop to quaternary or five-member, then the introduction of original pigs will continue to occur, but the decline may not expand too much.
From the perspective of the market, it is still necessary to introduce foreign pigs, and another reason is that the population base is too large, and the market demand will not decrease rapidly.
According to relevant data surveys, the mainland uses 650 million ~ 700 million pork every year, and according to the figures of Chinese households, the average annual pork consumption per family is 50.4 jin.
Such a large consumption also shows that pork has a high market position in the mainland, although a small number of vegetarians and individual ethnic groups will not eat pork, but this group may not be large. This means that in order to meet such a large demand, it is difficult for China to leave the original breeding pig.
Under the limitations of technology and market, in addition to chips, breeding pigs may also be a problem that needs to be solved immediately.
But from the historical perspective of the mainland, pig raising is an extremely common thing in the long-term agricultural civilization, why do problems related to it arise today?
Over-satisfaction of needs
From an objective point of view, the reason why the mainland people have too much demand for pigs is actually because they overly meet the market requirements.
Simply put, in the mainland meat market, in addition to pork, there are actually many meats for people to choose, but due to eating habits and traditional concepts, pork is still the most popular product.
Even if pig prices rose in the first half of 2022 due to the impact of the epidemic, the enthusiasm of the mainland people has not changed much. This makes the market products too dependent on pork and its derivatives.
Although it is indeed important to meet the demand, when a product is too much demanded, then the product will also produce the possibility of pinching the neck.
On the other hand, chicken or beef and mutton products, because only a small number of people choose, it has formed that even if the price is much lower than pork, the product sales are extremely ordinary.
From the essence of the product, in fact, the same meat, the difference is not too big, people choose pork too much, although there is also the impact of bird flu and the birth of chickens (the use of hormones to grow rapidly), but the mainland's quarantine standards have reached a certain height.
The products that really enter the market can also ensure that they are safe to eat, and people should probably change their choices, and under the influence of health topics, chicken and beef and mutton with lower fat content may also be more suitable for people to choose.
Why is it choked? It lies in technology, but also in demand, if demand can be kept within a reasonable range, then the incidence of being pinched and then ripped off will be reduced.
However, it is also an indisputable fact that long-term habits are difficult to change, and if you want to effectively solve it later, perhaps only by increasing the development of cultivation technology can we cure the symptoms and the root cause.